BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a house fire on North 15th Street that was caused by an electrical short circuit.
According to the department, the fire occurred around 12:19 a.m. on Sunday, with crews arriving to find four occupants safely outside as smoke came from the side of the home.
Firefighters entered the house to find the fire coming from inside a wall. While crews were able to contain the fire to the wall, preventing it from spreading to the attic, the rest of the home received light smoke damage…